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It would be very useful if it was possible to secure the My Survey Designs folder and the media subfolder on local devices so that it is not accessible by the user. Currently anyone downloading the survey form has full access to the XLSForm, external csvs (for pulldata functions) and associated media (e.g. My Files > Device storage > ArcGIS > My Surveys > 'Survey name/code' > esriinfo on an Android device). This limits our ability to include any sensitive data, such as a pulldata function which pulls in user information (e.g. name, address) based on their AGOL login. This has data protection implications for us. The same issue applies to any sensitive information stored in choice lists which may only be visible to certain users (e.g. site names) based on a choice filter.
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02-03-2020
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Hi James, Yes they are currently included in a csv in the media folder, but testing has revealed that the My Survey Designs folder is completely open to the form user on their device. This includes access to the media subfolder. Attaching the details after the form is submitted is an option, but is not our preferred workflow for this particular project. Building it in to the Survey123 form would allow users to correct any changes in their contact details within the form. I was hoping there was a way the source data for the form could be made inaccessible on the user's device. Is there any reason that ESRI has not secured the survey folders when downloaded? This not only affects personal details, but information in the XLSForm and choices lists that we would prefer was not so easily accessible by anyone downloading the survey forms.
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02-03-2020
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I am developing a Survey123 form for a wildlife survey to be used by a network of volunteers. Whilst testing the form on mobile devices, I have noticed that all of the content used to create the form (e.g. media folder) are available on the device (e.g. My Files > Device storage > ArcGIS > My Surveys > 'Survey name/code' > esriinfo). Is there any way to secure this content so it is unavailable to the user when they download the survey? In particular, I am wanting to use a pulldata function to pull in personal details from an external csv in the media folder based on the AGOL username from their sign in. This has GDPR implications and limits the capabilities of such functions. I will have to exclude any such usage if there is no way of securing the underlying data. The same issue applies to any sensitive information stored in choice lists which may only be visible to certain users (e.g. site names) based on a choice filter. Many thanks, Rob #GDPR #storage #secure storage #data security
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01-22-2020
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Hmm that could work. I'll do some testing. Thanks for the suggestions.
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01-10-2020
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Thanks for the useful suggestions Doug Browning. I'll see if I can work out a way to make this work. One issue we have is that records are not just made at the waypoints, so the number of repeats needed would often exceed the number of waypoints, or a subset of waypoint repeats combined with non-waypoint repeats may trick the form in to thinking it has reached the allocated number of waypoints. It may be worth mentioning that this is for a reptile survey, so the waypoints will be artificial refugia / cover boards, but other records may be collected along the survey route. Furthermore as this is for a citizen science project, we are trying to reduce the need for volunteers to have to use Collector, instead using Explorer and Survey123 in the field, or just Survey123 on the desktop when they are back from the field if preferred by the user.
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01-10-2020
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Unfortunately the number of waypoints is different per site so this approach wouldn't work. Furthermore the number and location of waypoints will vary over time as they are added or removed. Thanks for the suggestion though. Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36>
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01-08-2020
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Hi, Relatively new Survey123 user here. I'm working on a species recording form for a wildlife monitoring programme. The surveyor selects a survey site from a multiple choice list, for which there are associated survey waypoints. When the user selects the site, a choice filter restricts the survey waypoints to those present in that site (e.g. Site 1 contains waypoints 1-20). During the survey, the surveyor should visit every waypoint, and record if any species were found at it or not. At the end of the survey, I want to include a note that warns them they have not recorded species presence/absence at every available waypoint for that site if they have not done so. This will be dependent on whether all waypoints have been selected during the form, using a relevant function that must compare the number of waypoints surveyed to the number available at that site. Is there a way I can get the Survey123 form to: Keep track of which of the waypoint choices at the selected site have or have not been selected? Count the number (e.g. 18 out of 20 choices) of waypoints that have been selected? I have considered I could use an if statement combined followed by a count function to log when each waypoint is selected throughout the form repeats, but for this monitoring scheme there could eventually be 100's of sites, with 1000's of waypoints which makes this unsuitable (I may instead store these in an external_select, rather than storing these in the choice tab of the XLSForm). The other part of this potential workaround would be to use pulldata to identify the number of waypoints associated with a site, but I don't know how I would pull off the if statement issue with such a large number of waypoint options. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Rob #Survey123
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01-08-2020
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Hi Tom, Thanks for your quick reply. Yes I'll log it with support. Thanks, Rob
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11-15-2019
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I'm using ArcGIS Pro 2.4.2 and am finding issues with Map Grid formatting. Specifically, changing the offset of Labels and Ticks is misbehaving. In Layout view, if I open the Grid properties, I can make one single adjustment to the offset of the ticks or labels which will commit (e.g. a change of 3 mm to 2 mm), but then no further changes will commit. To make further one further change, I either have to close and reopen ArcGIS Pro, or open up another formatting pane (e.g. Format Map Frame), close that then open up the Format Map Grid pane again. This process has to be repeated every time I want to make a single change.
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11-15-2019
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I have built a survey to be used as a web form using Survey123 Connect. In addition to giving surveyors the option of uploading an image, I also want to them to be able to upload .gpx files (a file format that seems to be supported by the 'Image' field type). However, I don't want the 'Click here to upload image file' message to appear when requesting .gpx files so what I really need is a general 'upload file' field rather than using the 'Image' field for .gpx files. When designing a survey using the Survey123 website, I can see a 'File Upload' option (located between 'Time' and 'GeoPoint') but I cannot see such an option on the XLSForm spreadsheet. How can I include a general file upload option in my survey using XLS? Thanks!
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10-04-2018
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Thanks for your reply, James. Is there no way of forcing a specific date format on the web form no matter the locale then?
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09-24-2018
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I have a survey with a 'date' field that automatically displays dates in American format (month/day/year). The survey will be used by a large number of volunteer surveyors used to British date formats (day/month/year) so it is crucial this field is always displayed in this way. As the ArcGIS administrator, I have set the 'Number and date format' to 'Great Britain' but this is seemingly not recognised by Survey123 - apparently this is a well-known bug (see Survey123 default date format). Eventually, the survey will be shared with 'Everyone (Public)' so any ArcGIS online settings wouldn't apply to our surveyors anyway. How can we make sure that this field is always displayed in British format whenever our surveyors open the survey using the web form as well as the app? I know that you can use a format-date function to make sure dates are displayed in the correct format in the survey output, but this won't change the way the field appears to the surveyor. Thank you!
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09-21-2018
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I've set up an environmental survey that captures information on the site surveyed (including exact location) and the person surveying in the 'parent' group and then has a 'repeat' section for each species observed at each location. The link will be shared with a large number of volunteer citizen scientists who may not be overly familiar with completing online survey forms and I want to make sure the concept of 'repeats' is clear to them. Is it possible to display a 'hint' for an entire group or repeat as you would for individual questions? To illustrate I've attached a screenshot of the relevant section on the web form. 'Records' is the label for my repeat and I've added a 'hint' that does not display here. I want to explain to our surveyors that they can now enter multiple records relating to the site / location specified above and that they will need to click the '+' button to do so each time. Is there a way of using the 'hint' function on repeats or groups, or is there an alternative way of leaving instructions?
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09-18-2018
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Thanks, this would explain it - I inserted the field at line 44 at the very end.
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09-18-2018
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I have created a survey using Survey123 Connect. There are 59 rows in my survey design spreadsheet but the way they are ordered does not correspond to the way they are ordered in the data output. For instance, row 44 shows up as the very last column following 'CreationDate', 'Creator', 'EditDate' and 'Editor' (which are automatically generated fields not included in my survey design). What could be causing this, and how can I change the order of these fields manually? Many thanks.
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